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Thank you very much for your hospitality. I had a wonderful time. The accommodations were great and the fishing was awesome as usual.

Thanks for your hospitality

We want to thank you both for your kindness and hospitality! We have loved every minute of our 2-week stay at Island Acres and gorgeous western Colorado. This is truly my Shangri-la and go home tomorrow refreshed and relaxed. It’s worth every mile to get here! Come see us in Texas Hill Country. Stay well and safe!

From Dr. Joe and Heidi

We had a wonderful time and especially loved the screened-in porch. Everyone was so nice and friendly.

Houston guests

Thanks—we loved it here!! Most unique place we’ve stayed!!!

Thanks

Island Acres was perfect for our group of ten ATV riders. We had plenty of room to park trailers, a large area to cook outside and plenty of room to set up tables. Units 3, 4 and 5 each had two bedrooms and Unit 6 had a large kitchen. Perfect. We wanted to ride north of Gunnison in the Crested Butte area three days and south at Lake City and Ouray. Island Acres was located in the center. Thank you for keeping the rooms clean for us.

Thank you from a group

Thank you so much for the special treatment during our stay. Thank the girls for the clean rooms. As always we enjoyed our stay and visiting with you both. Hope to see you again next year.

George and Barbara

Dear Island Acres,
While traveling in the USA for two weeks, we have found it difficult to find some of the amenities that we enjoy: a kettle to make our morning tea, coffee cups (it is so much nicer than heating tea in a cardboard cup,) plates, cutlery and bowls for our morning cereal, and a fridge (feeding a family of five is costly!) With a fridge, and especially with your kitchens, we could go to the supermarket and buy everything so we can eat at night and have lunch makings for the next day while we traveled around. We do enjoy eating out, just not every meal.
While we have been here, we have found your units are really nice and spacious, and well stocked. In New Zealand, we would call these units ‘self-contained’ or ‘fully contained.’ They worked really well for our needs.
Thank you!

Guest reviews from New Zealand

We want to thank you for your generosity last month. We always have a great time visiting with you and staying at Island Acres. Looking forward to our next visit.

Looking forward to next visit

Once again it was a wonderful visit. Thanks for your hospitality. One of the great things about your place is you as owners but also the nice fellow guests that we get to talk to. Hope your reunion went well. It sure seemed to us that everyone had a great time. Hope to return soon! Thanks again!

Sheila and Russell

Our stay at Island Acres was the piece of heaven we were searching for, from the sounds of nature to the wonderfully clean accommodations. We got a nice balance of privacy and service. Our cabin contained everything we ended up needing, and the towels and linens were 5 Star. I loved the ’50s vintage feel, and the walks right outside the door were incredible. Thank you for providing us with this experience.

A piece of heaven

We really enjoyed our stay at Island Acres.

You have really done some beautiful improvements. It is looking better than we have ever seen it in all our years of visiting here.

Dottie and Ken

Thanks for the improvements!

Thank you for a great night’s rest!! Our second visit was as nice as our first three years ago!! Hope to be some day!!

Studio with King and small kitchen (units 10, 12 & 14)

from $82 to $108 per night

New guest give away

June 2, 2014

Guest will now find a new book to read at Island Acres, “The Motel that Elmo Built,” which is a history of the area, lodging and most importantly, the builder of Island Acres and the buildings.

Here is the review from the backcover:

“The Motel that Elmo Built” is a well-researched and outstanding account of the Island Acres Resort Motel and one of the great but unknown men of Gunnison­–Elmo Bevington. Island Acres was and still is one of the great guest accommodations that once dotted the Gunnison River west of Gunnison. Elmo Bevington was one of the most influential men of the Gunnison and South Arkansas regions, beginning in the 1950s. “The Motel That Elmo Built” brings Island Acres and Elmo alive with an easy to read account of both. Pamela Williams has done terrific job writing about Island Acres and a special and important era in the history of the Gunnison country.”

Dr. Duane Vandenbusche
History Professor, Western State Colorado University
Author of The Gunnison Country, Around Gunnison and Crested Butte, Around Monarch Pass and numerous other books and articles of local and Colorado history